This new safe-rm release fixes a rather important bug: safe-rm would miss files in the current directory while checking the arguments against the blacklist.
You should upgrade as soon as possible to make sure that the full protection is enabled.
Thanks to Yi-Feng Tzeng for letting me know about this problem!
What is safe-rm?
Safe-rm is a safety tool intended to prevent the accidental deletion of important files by replacing /bin/rm with a wrapper, which checks the given arguments against a configurable blacklist of files and directories that should never be removed.
Users who attempt to delete one of these protected files or directories will not be able to do so and will be shown a warning message instead:
$ rm -rf /usr Skipping /usr
(Protected paths can be set both at the site and user levels.)
Recovering important files you deleted by mistake can be quite hard. Protect yourself today by installing safe-rm and reduce the likelihood that you will need to contact a data recovery service!
(Linux/UNIX source code).
2008-09-08
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